Dubbo security decision

The Dubbo Council says it will make a plea to the state government for more police resources, to deal with anti social behaviour and crime in the city's main street.

The council has considered several recommendations from police on how to improve security in Macquarie Street including more CCTV cameras, the removal of some tables and re-orientation of public seats.

The Mayor, Matthew Dickerson, says there were concerns the loss of the tables would see law abiding citizens punished for the poor behaviour of a small part of the community.

"If some of the bad elements in Dubbo were forcing these tables to be removed it seemed disappointing that the majority of people, the majority of good, law abiding citizens in Dubbo were being impacted by the fact that you've got a very small element who are misbehaving or creating some anti social issues."

He says the council will look at other ways of dealing with the issue without losing the tables.

"We'll go and express with some formal representations through to the state member, through to the Premier just to make them aware of some of these issues that are occurring and maybe we can increase the police presence in some of those areas."